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Unsecured penguin caused helicopter crash in South Africa (www.bbc.com)

submitted 2 years ago by snuggledick@lemm.ee to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm going to be a pedant, and point out it was an unsecured box, with a penguin in it, which knocked the controls.

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[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Weird way to say the on-board computer is Linux based, but ok. Link to the CVE?

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[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago

It was just shitty drivers.

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[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago

(CVE-2016-5195)

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[–] snuggledick@lemm.ee [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yeah but would the box have slipped without the penguin in it? We need more penguin box experiments I think.

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[–] D_C@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

Could this be a Schroedinger's penguin situation?

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[–] Bernadette@lemy.lol 4 points 2 years ago

Yeah but unsecured box doesn't generate clicks

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